Warmer Autumns Could Spell Bad News for Butterflies, Suggests Study
Published:11 Apr.2022 Source:British Ecological Society
New research finds that longer and warmer autumns make it less likely that green-veined white butterflies will survive winter to emerge in spring. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal, Functional Ecology.
A new study by researchers at Stockholm University, University of Oulu, and Greifswald University has investigated the potential impacts of climate change on butterflies. In laboratory experiments the researchers exposed the chrysalises of green-veined white butterflies -- which are common throughout the UK and Europe -- to simulated autumn conditions of varying temperature and length.